Container for insecticides, etc.



May 12, 1931. M -r. NEWMAN I CONTAINER FOR INSECTICIDES, ETC

Filed Feb. 23. 1929 2 'Shiss-Sheet 1 Milton Thg a r' N INVENTOR.EWTTLEU'L ATTQRNEYS.

May 12, 1931. M. NEWMAN CONTAINER FOR INSECTICIDES, ETC

Filed Feb. 23, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IIIUIHII INVENTOR.

M-Luun THELHEP Newman w ATTORNE The primary object of this invention isthe in.

Patented May 12, 1931 i MILTON THAYER' KEV-IMAM, OF JAGKSGNV ILLE,FLQRIDA CONTAINER FUR IZ-EEECLZCEDES, ETC.

' Application filed February 23, Serial No. 342,186. v

This invention relates to improvements in the body and cover portionsrespectively of containers especially well adapted for receiva modifiedform of container constructed in ing insecticides, germicides, ordisinfecting accordance with the objects of this invenmaterial. tion,and showing the relative openings thereprovision of a relativelyeconomically con- F igure9 is a view ofthe parts interfitted in structedbox or receptacle which comprises a such relation that the openings ofthe body plurality of complementary interfitting parts and closure partsof the modified form of adapted to preferably receive an insecticide,invention are staggered and out of aligning 19 germicide, ordisinfectant, but which may relation to completely close the compartment60 receive other materials; the parts of which of the box. are providedwith openings that are out of Figure 10 is a perspective view of themodialignment and in staggered relation to perfied form of box of Figure9, with the body. mit a complete closing of the compartment and closureparts completely interfitted in a of the receptacle or container, whennot in different relation than that shown in Figure 65 use, and theparts of which maybe rear- 9, preferably by inverting the closureportion ranged in a complete interfitted relation to of Figure 8, so asto cause an alignment of align the openings ofthe respective partsto thetransverse openings in the parts ofthe expose the compartment and thematerlal modified box, to provide an ingress opening therein, so thatfumes from a disinfectant, or for insects, to the poisonous materialspref- 70 a passageway for the ingress of insects or the erably providedin the compartment. like may be provided, for access to the mate-Figures 11 and 12 are taken respectively rials therein, which areordinarily poisonous, on the lines shownin Figures 9 and 10 respecif thedevice is used for receiving an insectitively. I cide. I Figures 13 and14: are perspective views of Other objects and advantages of this in thebody-and closure portions of a second vention will be apparent duringthe course modified form of container, adapted to re f the followingdetailed description. ceive materials such as an insecticide, and In theaccompanying drawings, forming which are provided with relativelystaggered a part of this specification, and wherein openings thereinwhich may be placed in or simil reference C 1 designate correout ofalignment to close or open the com spending parts throughout the'severalviews, partment of the boX to the atmosphere when Figures 1 and 2 areperspective views of the the parts are completely interfitted.

inter-fitting body and closure parts of a pre- Figure 15 is a viewshowing the parts of ferred type of container on u d 111 the secondmodified form of container inter- Cordance Wlth the oblectsabovementlonedfitted in such relation that the transverse Figure 3 ShOWSthe Parts of Figures 1 and openings thereof are out of alignment to com-2, interfitted to completely close the c01npartt n, close theCompartment of the ment of thecontainer with the materials enm ii i i VS M H 611mm of Figure 16 is a perspective view of the'inh t g 3 5 d 2terfitte-d parts of the second modified form of an: was: MW n i theparts completely interfitted', f relatlon from that shown 1n F gure 15,caused 45 pose the materials therein I by lnverting the closure portlonof the con- Figures 5 and 6 are respective sectional t w y to allgn thetransverse P views taken on their respective section lines g of theParts of a t0 p designated in Figures 3 and i of the drawgresspassagewaysfor 1nsects,t0the POISOnous material.

ings- Figures 7 and 8 are perspective views of Figure 17 1s a transversesectlonal view 7 taken substantially on its line 17 -17 of Figure 15.

Figure 18 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 1818 ofFigure 16, showing the container supported upon a vertical standard orsupport.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration are shownpreferred and modified forms of the invention, the letters A, B and Cmay respectively designate the preferred, first modified, and secondmodified forms of the improved container for insecticides and the like.

Referring to the form of invention A, the same comprises a body portionD and a closure portion E. The portions D and E are of the intertittiugslide type of container, and in this connection the body D may comprisea bottom 10, of plane formation, having upstanding end walls 11 and 12and side walls 13 and 14. The shape of the body D may be square,rectangular, or it may be polygonally or otherwise formed. It defines acompartment which is open at the top of the body, and which may heclosed by a closure E of the telescoping type. In the compar ment, uponthe bottom, 10, is a poison in the form of an edible gummy material,which includes a base ingredient impregnated with some poisonousingredient.

The side walls 13 and 14 are respectively provided with openings 19 and20 therethrough; the opening 19 being adjacent the end wall 11 and theopening 20 being adjacent the end wall 12; said openings preferablybeing less in height than the height of the walls 13 and 14.

The closure E is of the box type, including the side walls 22 and 23 andthe parallel spaced connecting walls 25 and 26, either of which may be abottom or top wall, depending upon the manner in which the box body D isslipped into the closure E. The side walls 22 and 23 are respectiyelyprovided with openings 27 and 28, adjacent opposite ends of the closureE, so that transversely, in a line normal to the longitudinal axis ofthe closure E, said openings do not overlap. The passageway in theclosure of course. receives the body D, in an intertitting relationtherein. With the wall 26 up permost and the body 1) slipped into theclosure E, it is to be noted that the openings 20 and 28, of theabutting side walls 14 and 23 of the body and closure of the boxrespectively, are in staggered non-aligning relation, and similarly theopenings 19 and 27 of the side walls 13 and 22 of the box body andclosure D and E respectively are in nonaligning relation. In thisposition of parts the compartment of the box body is entire- 1y closedOfli by the closure E. Thus, the box may be used for receiving articlesin a sealed or enclosed manner against liability of escape oftheeontent-s thereof; against liability of access of insects thereto;and against liability of escape of fumes or materials therefrom.However, merely by re versely inverting one of the parts, say theclosure E, as shown in Figure 4:, the opening 27 of the side wall 23 isaligned with the abuttin side wall 14, for the purpose of exposing thecontents 17, preferably poison bait, or an insecticide of any approvednature, and similarly, at the opposite side of the box, with the partsso interfitted, the openings 28 and 19 are aligned, with the side walls13 and 23 abutting. Thus, two ingress openings are provided in theinterfitted parts of the box for access of insects to the box.

In the first modified form of box ll, the same includes the body F andclosure G. The former includes a bottom 30, with upstanding end walls 31and and upstanding side walls 33 and 234i; the latter having elongatedopenings 36 and 37 respectively, the ends of which openings are definedby upwardly convergent edges, and the height of said openings from thebottom being less than onehalf the distance of the walls defining theheight of the box body. The poison bait or material 37 is aflixed orrests on the bottom 30 within the compartment of the box body 1*.

The closure G is of the box t ype, including the side walls 40 and lland the spaced parallel connecting walls 42 and 43, definingtherebetween a passageway within which the body F is interfitted, in arelation which is well known. The side walls 40 and 4-1 are providedrespectively with openings 45 and 16, which are elongated longitudinallyof said walls, and in height are less than the height of the closure (i;said openings 45 and 46 extending from the wall 13 thru less than onehalf of the height of the walls 41, and the ends thereof beingdesignated by edges or margins which converge from the wall 43 to thelongitudinal edges which terminate intermediate the walls 42 and 43, asshown in Figure 8.

When the part F inter-titted in the part G, with the box body F in itsnatural upstanding position, resting: on the plane bottom 30, with thewall 4-3 of the closure G uppermost, it is quite apparent that theopenings 3b and of the abutting); side walls 33 and 4-0 respectivelywill lie offset and not in overlapping relation. Similarly, the open.-ings 37 and 1-6 of the walls 341 and 41 respectively will not overlap.This permits the compartmentof the body F to be entirely closed and shutoff when the body F is interfitted in the closure G, as is well shown inFigure 9, and the contents 3*? enclosed and sealed against escape, loss,or access from the exterior thereto.

Merely by inverting the closure G, and intertitting the parts, the walls3 and 40 of the parts F and G respectively will liein abutfIl ment,withtheir openingsS? and lo aligning to provide an ingress opening tothe compartment of the box B. Similarly, the walls 33 and 41 will lie inabutment, with the openings 36 and 46 in alignment to provide anopposite ingress opening to the compartment of the box B.

The second modified form of box C is somewhat different in construction,but possesses a characteristic principle of the forms of invention abovedescribed. The body comprises the interfitting body and closure parts Hand K.

The box body H preferably comprises a plane bottom 50, with upstandingend walls 51 and 52, and parallel side walls 53 and 54. The bottomsupports the material 55, which in the preferred instance is somepoisonous bait or insecticide.

Each of the walls 53 and of the body H I are provided with a pair ofspaced openings;

the wall 53 having the said openings and 61, and the wall 54 havingopenings 6?) and 64 therein diametrically opposed to the openings 60 and61. The openings 60, 61,63 and 6 1 have individual vertical heights lessthan one-half of the height of the wall in which placed; the saidopenings extending from the bottom 50 upwardly along said walls. The

said openings may be diagonally inclined on the walls. The box body His, of course,

open at the top thereof.

. The closure K comprises the side walls 67 and 68 and the .normalspaced connecting walls 70 and 71-, either of which may be the relationtherein.

top wall, depending upon the manner. in which the closure is assembledupon the body. The passageway through the closure K, of course, receivesthe body H in an interfitted The wall. 71 is imperforate. The wall. 70is preferably provided with a plurality of openings 74. therein, of anyapproved number, which may be diamond-shape. This wall 70 when the boxbody H is slipped into the closure K, with the bottom 50 in abutmentwiththe wall 70,

closes off the openings 74. However, when the box closure K-is invertedand in the position shown 1n Figure 16, with the box body slippedtherein, the openings 74 form means of ingress to the compartment of thebox C. The side walls 67 and 68 .are each provided with a pair ofopenings therein. The wall 67 has openings 77 and 88 therein, and thewall 68 has openings 79 and 80 therein.

These pairs of openings extend through onehalf the height of theirrespective side walls, extending from a location in the plane of thewall 71, and their other ends terminating eni tirely short of the wall70. The said openthe open top of the body H, as shown. in Figure 15, thecompartment of the box C will be entirely closed and the contents sealedtherein. However, by: inverting the position of the' closure K, thewalls 53 and 68 of the body H and closure K will lie in abutment, andthe pairs of openings 60 and 79 and 61 and 80 aligned to form means ofingress to the compartment of the box. Similarly the walls 67 and 5 1will lie in abutment, with the pairsof openings 63 and Z7 and 6 1 and 88placed in alignment to form means of ingress to the compartment. In thisposition of parts, the openings 74 will of course form means of ingressto the compartment. I

lVith any of the forms of boxes, means may be provided to suspend thesame. Thus,

it is preferred that the box or container Cbe provided with a flap90,which may be metallic or otherwise, secured to an end of the'imperforate wall 71, and which has an opening 91 therein for receiving anail or like suspending element 93*, by means of which the box may besuspended vertically from a support L. In this position, to prevent thebox body from dropping from the closure K, it is preferred to provideanother bendable flap 93, uponthe opposite end of the imperforate wall71, as shown in Figures 1 1, 15 and 18 of the drawings, which may bebent be neath the end wall of the box body H, to prevent a separation ofthe box body and closure, as shown in Figure 18. w i

I am well aware that exterminators or containers for receiving insectpoison and the like, have heretofore been provided. One popular form ofsuch container is that of a tube with a cake of poison set therein.How-- ever, as some insects, such .as roaches, are

rather timid, the insect, when crawling into the open end of the tube,sets it into'rolling motion, which frightens the insect away.'

This is avoided in the case of my improved box, since it has a planebottom and there will be no liability of rolling or movement to frightenthe insect away. Furthermore, in the case of the conventional tube, nomeans is provided for sealing the same, for transportation, storage,orto close off the poison material thereof prior to use, or when not desired to be used. With. my improved exterminator or insecticidereceiving container these features are important. It is neces sary tomaintain them in storage. or instance, steamships and other watercraftare large users of insecticide and exterminatorsi \Vith the tubulartype, the motion of the craft sets it in rolling motion, and it ispractically worthless. In my improved container, these objections haveall been overcome.

Various changes in the shape, size, and are rangement of parts may bemade to the forms of invention herein shown and described,- withoutdeparting from the spirit of the in vention or the scope of the claims.

I claim: a

1. In a container of the class described the combination of a bodyhaving a compartment therein and a box-like closure having a passagewayfor slidably receiving said body, the said body and closure each havingside walls, each having openings therein in such relation that the bodyand closure may be interfitted to shut OK the openings of one withrespect to the other to completely enclose the compartment of the bodyand the con tents thereof, the parts being relatively reversible forinterfitting to align said openings for the provision of ingress andegressways to the compartment of the body.

2. In a container of the class described the combination of a boxconsisting of a pair of relatively slidably interfitted parts comprisinga body and a closure therefor, the body including a bottom withupstanding side and end walls, and the closure including spaced upperand lower walls with connecting side walls defining a passageway open.at the ends of the closure for slidably receiving the body therein, theside walls of the body and closure being provided with openingstherethrough extending less than one-half the height of the respectivewallson which 0- sitioned, and so related that when the body and closureare interfitted in one position the openings of the body side walls willbe overlapped by unimperforated parts of the side walls of the closure,and upon inverse interfitting the openings of the side walls of the bodyand closure will align to provide ingress and egress ducts to thecompartment.

3. In an insect exterminator a container comprising a pair of relativelyinterfitted parts including a compartment providing body and a closurewith a passageway for slidably receiving the body therein, said partshaving transverse openings therethrough in such relation that when theparts are interfitted the openings of one part will be covered by animperforate part of the other part, and upon inversion said openings ofthe parts aligned to provide ways for ingress and egress to and from thecompartment of the body, a poisonous bait in the box, means to supportthe box closure at one end,

- and means at the other end of the box to permit the sliding of thebody from the box closure.

4. In an insect extermlnator, a container f; comprising a pair ofrelatively interfitting telescopically related polygonal shaped boxparts including a compartment providing body and a closurewith apassageway for slidably receiving the body therein, said parts havingtransverse openings through the Walls thereof in such relation that whenthe parts are interfit-ted the openings in a wall of one part will becovered by an imperforate part of an adjacent wall of the other part,and upon inversion said openings of the walls of the parts aligned toprovide ways for ingress and egress to and from the compartment of thebody, and a poisonous bait in the container.

MILTON TI-IAYER NEWMAN.

